diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html
index ac47a90..b6da3e5 100644
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html
@@ -41,18 +41,22 @@
       {{ range .Files }}
       {{ if not .IsFile }}
       <div class="{{ $containerstyle }}">
-        <a
-            href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/tree/{{ $.Ref }}/{{ .Name }}"
-            class="{{ $linkstyle }}"
-            >
-            <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-              <i
-                  class="w-3 h-3 fill-current"
-                  data-lucide="folder"
-                  ></i
-                >{{ .Name }}/
-            </div>
-        </a>
+          <div class="flex justify-between items-center">
+              <a
+                  href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/tree/{{ $.Ref }}/{{ .Name }}"
+                  class="{{ $linkstyle }}"
+              >
+                  <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                      <i
+                          class="w-3 h-3 fill-current"
+                          data-lucide="folder"
+                      ></i
+                      >{{ .Name }}
+                  </div>
+              </a>
+              
+              <time class="text-xs text-gray-500">{{ timeFmt .LastCommit.Author.When }}</time>
+          </div>
       </div>
       {{ end }}
       {{ end }}
@@ -60,18 +64,22 @@
       {{ range .Files }}
       {{ if .IsFile }}
       <div class="{{ $containerstyle }}">
-        <a
-            href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/blob/{{ $.Ref }}/{{ .Name }}"
-            class="{{ $linkstyle }}"
-            >
-            <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-              <i
-                  class="w-3 h-3"
-                  data-lucide="file"
-                  ></i
-                >{{ .Name }}
-            </div>
-        </a>
+        <div class="flex justify-between items-center">
+          <a
+              href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/blob/{{ $.Ref }}/{{ .Name }}"
+              class="{{ $linkstyle }}"
+              >
+              <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                <i
+                    class="w-3 h-3"
+                    data-lucide="file"
+                    ></i
+                  >{{ .Name }}
+              </div>
+          </a>
+
+          <time class="text-xs text-gray-500">{{ timeFmt .LastCommit.Author.When }}</time>
+        </div>
       </div>
       {{ end }}
       {{ end }}
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
index 5441ab2..1a709a7 100644
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/tree.html
@@ -13,24 +13,32 @@
     {{ range .Files }}
     {{ if not .IsFile }}
     <div class="{{ $containerstyle }}">
-      <a href="/{{ $.BaseTreeLink }}/{{ .Name }}" class="{{ $linkstyle }}">
-        <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-          <i class="w-3 h-3 fill-current" data-lucide="folder"></i>{{ .Name }}/
+        <div class="flex justify-between items-center">
+            <a href="/{{ $.BaseTreeLink }}/{{ .Name }}" class="{{ $linkstyle }}">
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                    <i class="w-3 h-3 fill-current" data-lucide="folder"></i>{{ .Name }}
+                </div>
+            </a>
         </div>
-      </a>
+        <time class="text-xs text-gray-500">{{ timeFmt .LastCommit.Author.When }}</time>
     </div>
     {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
 
     {{ range .Files }}
     {{ if .IsFile }}
-        <div class="{{ $containerstyle }}">
-          <a href="/{{ $.BaseBlobLink }}/{{ .Name }}" class="{{ $linkstyle }}">
-            <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-              <i class="w-3 h-3" data-lucide="file"></i>{{ .Name }}
-            </div>
-          </a>
+    <div class="{{ $containerstyle }}">
+        
+        <div class="flex justify-between items-center">
+            <a href="/{{ $.BaseBlobLink }}/{{ .Name }}" class="{{ $linkstyle }}">
+                <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                    <i class="w-3 h-3" data-lucide="file"></i>{{ .Name }}
+                </div>
+            </a>
+            
+            <time class="text-xs text-gray-500">{{ timeFmt .LastCommit.Author.When }}</time>
         </div>
+    </div>
     {{ end }}
     {{ end }}
   </div>
diff --git a/appview/state/state.go b/appview/state/state.go
index 89141bc..79fedf7 100644
--- a/appview/state/state.go
+++ b/appview/state/state.go
@@ -519,9 +519,15 @@ func (s *State) AddRepo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			s.pages.Notice(w, "repo", "Failed to create repository on knot server.")
 			return
 		}
-		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusNoContent {
-			s.pages.Notice(w, "repo", fmt.Sprintf("Server returned unexpected status: %d", resp.StatusCode))
+
+		switch resp.StatusCode {
+		case http.StatusConflict:
+			s.pages.Notice(w, "repo", "A repository with that name already exists.")
 			return
+		case http.StatusInternalServerError:
+			s.pages.Notice(w, "repo", "Failed to create repository on knot. Try again later.")
+		case http.StatusNoContent:
+			// continue
 		}
 
 		// add to local db
diff --git a/input.css b/input.css
index cf59353..12529b5 100644
--- a/input.css
+++ b/input.css
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         @apply bg-opacity-30;
     }
     a {
-        @apply underline text-black hover:text-gray-800 visited:text-gray-600;
+        @apply underline text-black hover:text-gray-800;
     }
 
     @layer base {
diff --git a/knotserver/git/git.go b/knotserver/git/git.go
index 0e870b0..53fad88 100644
--- a/knotserver/git/git.go
+++ b/knotserver/git/git.go
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package git
 
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/fs"
+	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -35,8 +38,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 type GitRepo struct {
-	r *git.Repository
-	h plumbing.Hash
+	path string
+	r    *git.Repository
+	h    plumbing.Hash
 }
 
 type TagList struct {
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ func (self *TagList) Less(i, j int) bool {
 
 func Open(path string, ref string) (*GitRepo, error) {
 	var err error
-	g := GitRepo{}
+	g := GitRepo{path: path}
 	g.r, err = git.PlainOpen(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("opening %s: %w", path, err)
@@ -295,33 +299,38 @@ func (g *GitRepo) WriteTar(w io.Writer, prefix string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (g *GitRepo) LastCommitTime(filePath string) (*object.Commit, error) {
+func (g *GitRepo) LastCommitForPath(path string) (*object.Commit, error) {
 	cacheMu.RLock()
-	if commit, exists := commitCache.Get(filePath); exists {
+	if commit, found := commitCache.Get(path); found {
 		cacheMu.RUnlock()
 		return commit.(*object.Commit), nil
 	}
 	cacheMu.RUnlock()
 
-	commitIter, err := g.r.Log(&git.LogOptions{
-		From: g.h,
-		PathFilter: func(s string) bool {
-			return s == filePath
-		},
-		Order: git.LogOrderCommitterTime,
-	})
+	cmd := exec.Command("git", "-C", g.path, "log", "-1", "--format=%H", "--", path)
 
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get commit log for %s: %w", filePath, err)
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &out
+	cmd.Stderr = &out
+
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get commit hash: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	commit, err := commitIter.Next()
+	commitHash := strings.TrimSpace(out.String())
+	if commitHash == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no commits found for path: %s", path)
+	}
+
+	hash := plumbing.NewHash(commitHash)
+
+	commit, err := g.r.CommitObject(hash)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no commit found for %s", filePath)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	cacheMu.Lock()
-	commitCache.Set(filePath, commit, 1)
+	commitCache.Set(path, commit, 1)
 	cacheMu.Unlock()
 
 	return commit, nil
diff --git a/knotserver/git/tree.go b/knotserver/git/tree.go
index f47355b..3783adf 100644
--- a/knotserver/git/tree.go
+++ b/knotserver/git/tree.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func (g *GitRepo) FileTree(path string) ([]types.NiceTree, error) {
 	}
 
 	if path == "" {
-		files = g.makeNiceTree(tree)
+		files = g.makeNiceTree(tree, "")
 	} else {
 		o, err := tree.FindEntry(path)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -33,22 +33,29 @@ func (g *GitRepo) FileTree(path string) ([]types.NiceTree, error) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			files = g.makeNiceTree(subtree)
+			files = g.makeNiceTree(subtree, path)
 		}
 	}
 
 	return files, nil
 }
 
-func (g *GitRepo) makeNiceTree(t *object.Tree) []types.NiceTree {
+func (g *GitRepo) makeNiceTree(t *object.Tree, parent string) []types.NiceTree {
 	nts := []types.NiceTree{}
 
 	for _, e := range t.Entries {
 		mode, _ := e.Mode.ToOSFileMode()
 		sz, _ := t.Size(e.Name)
 
-		lastCommit, err := g.LastCommitTime(e.Name)
+		var fpath string
+		if parent != "" {
+			fpath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", parent, e.Name)
+		} else {
+			fpath = e.Name
+		}
+		lastCommit, err := g.LastCommitForPath(fpath)
 		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("error getting last commit time:", err)
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/knotserver/routes.go b/knotserver/routes.go
index 94f9226..73507d0 100644
--- a/knotserver/routes.go
+++ b/knotserver/routes.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	securejoin "github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin"
 	"github.com/gliderlabs/ssh"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
+	gogit "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing"
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
 	"github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2"
@@ -504,8 +505,13 @@ func (h *Handle) NewRepo(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	err := git.InitBare(repoPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		l.Error("initializing bare repo", "error", err.Error())
-		writeError(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
+		if errors.Is(err, gogit.ErrRepositoryAlreadyExists) {
+			writeError(w, "That repo already exists!", http.StatusConflict)
+			return
+		} else {
+			writeError(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	// add perms for this user to access the repo